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<p>Before settlers from Europe came to the area around the Great Slave Lake it had been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous people. In the last century their way of living changed radically. </p>



<div class="wp-block-image wp-image-501"><figure class="alignright"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://jonas-schoenfelder.de/wp-content/uploads/catherine-lafferty-300x300.jpg" alt="Portrait photo of Catherine Lafferty" class="wp-image-501" srcset="https://jonas-schoenfelder.de/wp-content/uploads/catherine-lafferty-300x300.jpg 300w, https://jonas-schoenfelder.de/wp-content/uploads/catherine-lafferty-150x150.jpg 150w, https://jonas-schoenfelder.de/wp-content/uploads/catherine-lafferty-540x540.jpg 540w, https://jonas-schoenfelder.de/wp-content/uploads/catherine-lafferty.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Catherine Lafferty</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>They used to live on the land, hunt animals and sew clothes what was then replaced by working in gold mines, living in houses and being forced to speak English. Catherine Lafferty is directly affected by this change as she is indigenous. She grew up in rough circumstances and wrote about her experience in her book »<a href="https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/northern-wildflower">Northern Wildflower</a>«. In this episode of »People of Yellowknife« she tells about her struggles and what it means to be indigenous in today&#8217;s world.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><a href="https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/northern-wildflower"><img decoding="async" src="https://jonas-schoenfelder.de/wp-content/uploads/northern-wildflower-cover-195x300.jpg" alt="Book cover of »Northern Wildflower« by Catherine Lafferty" class="wp-image-502"/></a><figcaption>»<a href="https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/northern-wildflower">Northern Wildflower</a>« by Catherine Lafferty</figcaption></figure></div>



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<ul><li>Website of the <a href="http://ykdene.com/">Yellowknives Dene First Nation</a></li><li>The Canadian Encyclopedia: <a href="https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/dene">Dene</a></li><li>The Canadian Encyclopedia: <a href="https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/yellowknives-band">Yellowknives Dene</a></li><li>The Canadian Encyclopedia: <a href="https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/article/tlicho-dogrib">Tlicho (Dogrib)</a></li><li><a href="http://dechinta.ca/">Dechinta Bush University</a></li><li>Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndil%C7%AB">Ndilǫ</a> (community)</li><li>Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dettah">Dettah</a> (community)</li></ul>
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<description>Before settlers from Europe came to the area around the Great Slave Lake it had been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous people. In the last century their way of living changed radically. They used to live on the land, hunt animals and sew clothes what was then replaced by working in gold mines, living in houses and being forced to speak English. Catherine Lafferty is directly affected by this change as she is indigenous. She grew up in rough circumstances and wrote about her experience in her book »Northern Wildflower«. In this episode of »People of Yellowknife« she tells about her struggles and what it means to be indigenous in today's world.</description>

Catherine Lafferty speaks about what it means to be indigenous in today's world and what struggles she had growing up.

Before settlers from Europe came to the area around the Great Slave Lake it had been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous people. In the last century their way of living changed radically. They used to live on the land, hunt animals and sew clothes what was then replaced by working in gold mines, living in houses and being forced to speak English. Catherine Lafferty is directly affected by this change as she is indigenous. She grew up in rough circumstances and wrote about her experience in her book »Northern Wildflower«. In this episode of »People of Yellowknife« she tells about her struggles and what it means to be indigenous in today's world.

Indigenous life: Catherine Lafferty


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<p>In the early days of Yellowknife, when there was no highway connecting it to the south, floatplanes played a major role for exploration and transportation. Although their importance changed over the decades, their sound is still omnipresent when you come to Yellowknife in summer.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image wp-image-427"><figure class="alignright"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://jonas-schoenfelder.de/wp-content/uploads/joel-strong-covello-300x300.jpg" alt="Joel Strong-Covello is standing on a float plane" class="wp-image-427" srcset="https://jonas-schoenfelder.de/wp-content/uploads/joel-strong-covello-300x300.jpg 300w, https://jonas-schoenfelder.de/wp-content/uploads/joel-strong-covello-150x150.jpg 150w, https://jonas-schoenfelder.de/wp-content/uploads/joel-strong-covello-540x540.jpg 540w, https://jonas-schoenfelder.de/wp-content/uploads/joel-strong-covello.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Joel Strong-Covello</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>One of the pilots is Joel Strong-Covello who lives in Yellowknife for five years. He works for <a href="http://www.ahmicair.com/">Ahmic Air</a>, a local company that does sightseeing tours as well as commercial transportation with planes on floats and skis. In this episode he explains what bush flying means and how it is done today.</p>



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<description>In the early days of Yellowknife, when there was no highway connecting it to the south, floatplanes played a major role for exploration and transportation. Although their importance changed over the decades, their sound is still omnipresent when you come to Yellowknife in summer. One of the pilots is Joel Strong-Covello who lives in Yellowknife for five years. He works for Ahmic Air, a local company that does sightseeing tours as well as commercial transportation with planes on floats and skis. In this episode he explains what bush flying means and how it is done today.</description>

Joel Strong-Covello explains what bush flying is and how he became a pilot.

In the early days of Yellowknife, when there was no highway connecting it to the south, floatplanes played a major role for exploration and transportation. Although their importance changed over the decades, their sound is still omnipresent when you come to Yellowknife in summer. One of the pilots is Joel Strong-Covello who lives in Yellowknife for five years. He works for Ahmic Air, a local company that does sightseeing tours as well as commercial transportation with planes on floats and skis. In this episode he explains what bush flying means and how it is done today.

Bush flying: Joel Strong-Covello

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